● Ranked from real Ohio data · 2024-25 season
Best counties to lease or own hunting land in Ohio
Ohio counties where private hunting access is worth the most — strong deer harvest AND very little public land, so a hunter has real demand and nowhere free to go. If you own ground here, this is what it's worth.
#1Coshocton County8,196 deer · 9.3% public9.3% public→#2Tuscarawas County7,373 deer · 0.8% public0.8% public→#3Knox County6,730 deer · 0.8% public0.8% public→#4Ashtabula County6,042 deer · 0.5% public0.5% public→#5Licking County5,754 deer · 0.2% public0.2% public→#6Guernsey County5,762 deer · 0.9% public0.9% public→#7Muskingum County6,269 deer · 9.5% public9.5% public→#8Holmes County5,684 deer · 0.5% public0.5% public→#9Carroll County5,759 deer · 3% public3% public→#10Richland County5,028 deer · 1% public1% public→#11Ashland County4,678 deer · 1.2% public1.2% public→#12Columbiana County4,639 deer · 1.1% public1.1% public→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by opportunity = reported deer harvest (normalized) × private-land scarcity (1 − huntable public %). Strong harvest with little public land ranks highest. A relative guide from public data, not an appraisal.
Data year: 2024-25 season. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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